text: The books totally blow the movies out of the water.\n\nBut the movies are still very good. For my best, I would have to pick... The Sorceror's Stone. Then Chamber of Secrets (almost ties w/Sorceror's Stone), Prisoner of Azkaban, and finally comes Goblet of Fire (Yes, I know, that WAS the order they were made in!)\n\nMy reasons: The first two were awesome. Prisoner of Azkaban was really good, but it had one major flaw: the new Dumbledore actor didn't know how to portray Dumbledore for the wise, quiet-spoken character that he should be, and so ruined things. Goblet of Fire was good as well (I LOVED Durmstrang's entrance into Hogwarts!), but it had even more flaws. \n\n1) That STUPID, mean Dumbledore actor was back. Okay, so it could be Hollywood's take when in #5 Harry goes through his adolescent thing and basically believes Dumbledore to be a bad person. If true, OK, I'll buy it, but please save the odd role change until movie #5. As it is, Dumbledore's good image and character has been tainted.\n\n2) The beginning of the movie jumped around WAY too quickly. Ok, so you have to cut A LOT of things out of the book, yeah, it was a long book, but at least TRY to make it flow a little better, and put in the Quidditch World Cup match instead of just showing the snitch being released.\n\n3) Okay, what happened to the Triwizard judging? I mean, you know that Harry's going to win, but it would have been nice for them to show judging/standings so you know how all the Triwizard competitors are doing, and would have made it flow better.\n\n4) What the heck happened to the hedge maze? It just had that mist and the walls of the maze also moved. WOW! AMAZING! The book had a Sphinx and one of those giant spiders from the Forbidden Forest, among other creatures. \n\nI also didn't think they made Cho Chang look pretty, which was a disappointment (except on the Hogwarts Express, that is). Aside from all of that, however, it's good, and still worth watching and owning. I just hope they come up with a Director's Cut to fix the obvious flaws.